Research Assistant Professor
Contact Information
- E-mail: kholst@utk.edu
Education
- PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, 2019
- MS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, 2012
- BS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2007
Biography
Kevin Holst is a research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He works as a developer for Kestrel, the fixed-wing CFD solver that is part of the Air Vehicles component of the Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE) program. CREATE is an element of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) engaged in the development, deployment, and maintenance of software critically important to DoD acquisition.
Prior to his work with Kestrel, Kevin worked as a data analyst at Arnold Engineering Development Complex on turbine and ramjet/scramjet engine tests.
Research
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Turbulence Modeling
- Finite-Element Method
- Time-Accurate Simulations
- High-Speed Flows
- GPU-Accelerated CFD Modeling